Opinion and Editorial

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Battle in the making

Opinion: By Francis Wilkinson Bloomberg View Perhaps no battle in Donald Trump’s presidency will be as


Rep. Ryan’s effort to lead House Democrats more bark than bite

Opinion: U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan’s bid to be House minority leader was a curious political move. When he


America must continue the battle to cure AIDS

Editorial: Just as the scope of public events to mark World AIDS Day has lessened significantly in recent


Security officials on edge due to Trump’s foreign policy ambiguity

Opinion: HALIFAX, Canada The annual Halifax International Security Forum brings together senior Canadian,


Don’t kowtow to Cuba

Opinion: By Mark Davis The Dallas Morning News As the Christmas season of 2014 unfolded, President Barack


Lorain schools will benefit from experience in Y’town

Editorial: It has been a year since the Youngstown Plan, designed to revive the academically comatose


Attacks on free speech

Opinion: By Margaret Huang Tribune News Service Out on the high plains of North Dakota, a historic


‘Hamilton,’ Trump and diversity

Opinion: President-elect Donald Trump says Brandon Victor Dixon, the actor who currently plays Aaron Burr in


Ding dong! The wicked Fidel is dead

Opinion: By Jay Ambrose Tribune News Service (TNS) He started out a hero but Fidel Castro was the modern-


Don’t let attack damage multicultural trademark of American universities

Editorial: More questions than answers continue to whirl around Monday’s brazen daylight attack at Ohio State


‘Progressives’ keep looking back

Opinion: People who call themselves ”progressives” claim to be forward-looking, but a remarkable amount of


Commit to acts of kindness

Opinion: By Heidi Stevens Chicago Tribune Here’s my hope for the next four years – one of my hopes,


Trumbull commissioners risk alienating the public

Editorial: As the front-page story today reveals, Trumbull County government is facing a budget crunch that


DeVos’ war on public schools

Opinion: By Ruth Conniff Tribune News Service Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for


Time for ‘truth and reconciliation’

Opinion: By Akilah Monifa and MacArthur Flournoy Tribune News Service It’s been almost three weeks since